Business Services

Business and Administrative Services supports the District's mission and goals for providing high quality education to students.

Departments

Fiscal Services

Director: Heather McCombs (714) 228-3149

Food Services

Interim Director: Paul Ngo (714) 228-3134

Maintenance & Operations

Director: Jim Evans (714) 228-3140

Transportation

Supervisor: Ventura Carerra (714) 228-3177

Technology

Coordinator: Stephen Powers (714) 228-3107

Areas of Responsibility Include:

Budgeting

Facility Use (Civic Center)

Warehouse Ordering

Attendance/CBEDS/Enrollment Projections

Maintenance, Operations and Transportation

Technology

Food Services

Fiscal Services including Accounting/Payroll/Benefits/Purchasing

Measure N

Audit of Instructional Minutes (Bell Schedules/Instructional Minutes are listed to the right)

Business and Administrative Services facilitates the following committees:

Audit Committee

Budget Committee

Citizens Oversight Committee for Measure N (COC)

District Facilities Committee (DFC)

Employee Benefit Committee (EBC)

Cost of Student Absences

School districts are funded only for actual student attendance days, pursuant to legislation (Senate Bill 727) enacted into law in 1998. Please note, schools are still required to account for excused and unexcused absences due to requirements under the compulsory education law, but districts will only be funded for actual student attendance.

The District loses State revenue every day a student is absent, regardless of whether it is excused or unexcused. Every day that a student is absent, the District loses approximately $53.13 in State funding. If the District had 20 students absent daily at each school, the District would lose approximately $8,500 daily or $1,530,000 annually in State funding. In addition, there would also be a loss in funding each day a student is absent for certain categorical programs where funding is based on average daily attendance (ADA). We all continually strive to improve the education environment.

Working together to make sure students attend school will also assist the district in maximizing the revenue it is entitled to receive.

For any questions relative to the cost of student absences, please contact Scott Martin in Business Services.